USN · DD
AfloatGleaves-class destroyer, DD-486. She rescued 447 men from Wasp on 15 September 1942 and sank the burning carrier. She fought in the Solomons, the Philippine Sea and Okinawa, and carried the Japanese emissaries to Missouri on 2 September 1945.
| Class | Gleaves class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-486 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny |
| Launched | 1942-02-20 |
| Commissioned | 1942-04-29 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Transferred to Turkey in 1949 as Gaziantep, which she served until 1973. |
| Armament (class) | Split-plant sisters of the Bensons. Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. |
| Command |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Lansdowne (DD-486) transferring the Japanese surrender party into a boat bound for the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-339352, available at Destroyerhistory.org. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Lansdowne (DD-486) disembarking the Japanese party into a boat for transport to USS Missouri (BB-63) for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945 (80-G-339352).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
I-19's attack, 15 September 1942
1942-09-15 · rescued 447 of Wasp's crew and scuttled the carrier with torpedoes; not sunk
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · with Task Force 58 from 6 June 1944; Bonins raids on 15 and 16 June and the battle on 19 and 20 June; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · from 5 May 1945, anti-submarine patrols around the island group, fire support and carrier screen; not sunk
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